A very necessary, but no less sincere happy birthday should be extended to Hannah Levin, author of the must-read “Rocket Queen” column in the Seattle Weekly every week, co-owner of Gainsbourg and host of KEXP’s Audioasis program – and, all-told, she was my favorite music writer in Seattle long before we ever met several years ago and, of […]
…I recommend getting there a little early for the opening band, Nico Vega – which is a garage band from LA with a lead singer in Aja Volkman, who channels Janis Joplin with every syllable. The trio (guitar, drums, vocals) has a messy, punk-ish sound that meshes well with Volkman’s intense – but deliberate – lyrics. They had recently […]
If you’re going to either of the Girl Talk shows tonight or Monday night, might I suggest getting there a little early to catch opener Junk Culture? Taking their name from an Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark album, the project comes from Deepak Mantena and his laptop (live it features his brother Nitin on drums) […]
Tonight is the night to get your loud as hell indie pop on with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. Bring your 1″ badges and your cardigans and prepare to dance your ass off. Doors at Neumo’s are at 8pm, and they’ve added an all-ages balcony because everyone deserves to hear the wonderfulness that […]
They’re droney, they’re dreamy, they’re fuzzy, they’re screamy (wait, this IS Yo La Tengo and not the Addam’s Family) and a ticket to their 10/22 show at the Showbox SoDo can be yours all yours for the price of NOTHING! o La Tengo has graciously offered us a free pair of tickets to give to […]
Today's the day people! I know, like me, you've been counting down to tonight's performance since the last time Conor was in town (on March 11th at the Showbox to be precise). Since then, our guy has had his latest album debut at #4 on the Billboard charts as well as had rumors circulate re: […]
